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this is removed and handled like any small tuber. Also 

 grafted on tubers (see page 129). 



Siayrinchium (Blue-eyed Grass, Satin Flower). Iridacea. 



It may be increased in spring by seeds or by division. 



Skimmia. Rutacea. 



Seeds, in a frame. Also by layers, and by firm cuttings 

 in gentle heat. 



Skirret ' Sium Sisarum). UmbellifercE. 



Seeds, offsets, or division. 

 Slipperwort. See Campanula and Calceolaria. 

 Smilacina (False Solomon's Seal). Liliacece. 



Seeds. Division of roots. 

 Smilax (Green-Briar, American China Root). Liliacets. 



Young plants are obtained by seeds, by layers, and by 

 division of the root. 



For the "Smilax" or Boston-vine of conservatories, 

 see Myrsiphyllum. 



Snapdragon. See Antirrhinum. 



Snowball. See Viburnum. 



Snowberry. See Symphoricarpus and Chiococc<i. 



Snowdrop. See Galanthus. 



Soowflake. See Leucoium. 



Soapwort. See Saponaria. 



Solandra. Solanacea. 



Increased by seeds sown m spring ; by cuttings, inserted 

 in mold or tan. If small flowering plants are desired, the 

 cuttings should be taken from flowering shoots. 



Solanum (Nightshade). Solanacece. 



The annuals, and most of the other species, are raised 

 from seeds. The tuberous kinds may be increased by 

 tubers, or division of them. The stove and greenhouse 

 shrubby plants may be propagated by cuttings, inserted 

 when young in a warm frame. 



Soldanella. Primulacea. 



Increased by seeds and by division. 



